BarEcoRe:Barents Sea Ecosystem Resilience under global environmental change

Food-web topology workshop8-9th June 2011

BarEcoRe foodweb topology workshop, 8-9 June 2011

evaluate the effects of global environmental change on the future structure and resilience of the Barents Sea ecosystem

BarEcoRe

BarEcoRe foodweb topology workshop, 8-9 June 2011

evaluate the effects of global environmental change on the future structure and resilience of the Barents Sea ecosystem

quantitative data analysis and modelling

climate and fishing-induced

species comp, spatial structure, trophic network

ability to absorb disturbance and maintain function

BarEcoRe

fish and benthos communities

BarEcoRe foodweb topology workshop, 8-9 June 2011

BarEcoRe: The structure

WP1: Community

structure

WP2: Trophic

interactions

WP3: Population distribution

WP4: Resilience

& Early warning

Kick-off: June 2010Data WS: October 2010Data Analysis WS: March 2011Foodweb topology WS: NOW!Annual meeting: October 2011

BarEcoRe foodweb topology workshop, 8-9 June 2011

What is a food web topology?

Nodes: tropho-speciesLinks: trophic interactions+direction of links

BarEcoRe foodweb topology workshop, 8-9 June 2011

How does it fit in BarEcoRe?

WP1: Community

structure

WP2: Trophic

interactions

WP3: Population distribution

WP4: Resilience

& Early warning

BarEcoRe foodweb topology workshop, 8-9 June 2011

We already have some topologies!

Gabrielsen (2009)

Cianelli et al. (2006)

Vadstein (2009)

Arndt et al. (2009)

Focus on fishFocus on fish

Focus on birdsFocus on birds

Focus on iceFocus on ice

Focus on planktonFocus on plankton

BarEcoRe foodweb topology workshop, 8-9 June 2011

We already have some topologies!

Bodini et al. (2009)

BarEcoRe foodweb topology workshop, 8-9 June 2011

What’s next

Construct the most accurate and up-to-date food web topology for the Barents Sea, from plankton to whales.

Set a reference for future studies.